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1684796

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department has received for certificates of exemption to keep an American Bully XL type dog in (a) Canterbury constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	11406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra received over 61,000 applications for Certificates of Exemption ahead of the deadline from dog owners in England and Wales. These applications are still being processed and may include duplicates, errors or ineligible applications. Defra does not collate this data by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/02/2024 09:52:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1684838

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fishing Catches: Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) documentary checks on, (b) physical checks on, (c) foreign supplier verification checks on and (d) rejections of consignments imported with a catch certificate validated by China were undertaken under the Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009 in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	11245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:42:20 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1684847

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Action Alliance has made; and what representations the UK has made at the Alliance since the Our Ocean conference in Panama in March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	11246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is a founder member of the IUU Action Alliance, and as its current chair and secretariat the UK works closely with its partners globally to ensure the Alliance’s long-term success. The Alliance now contains 11 members with 9 supporters, with an ambitious work programme agreed by its members.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/01/2024 12:12:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1684859

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pesticides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191768 on Pesticides, what his revised timetable is for publishing the updated National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides shortly. It will set out Defra’s ambition to minimise the risks and impacts of pesticides to human health and the environment, including how we intend to increase the uptake of Integrated Pest Management across all sectors.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 16:59:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684860

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to replace the cross-compliance regulations for rural payments which ceased to have effect on 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Farm standards following the end of cross compliance are being maintained through existing and ongoing domestic regulations that protect the environment, public, animal and plant health and animal welfare. These regulations cover most of the cross-compliance rules. Almost all of the rules that are not in underlying legislation have cover through existing and forthcoming guidance, regulation or incentives. We will seek to regulate to maintain hedgerow protections when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 17:04:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684861

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the end of cross-compliance regulations for rural payments on (a) hedgerows, (b) soil cover and (c) watercourse buffer strips.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>An assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of the removal of direct payments and cross compliance was published in September 2018, during the passage of the Agriculture Bill.</p><p> </p><p>We will seek to regulate to maintain hedgerow protections when parliamentary time allows. The gaps between cross compliance rules and regulatory requirements in regard to water buffer strips and soil cover are either mitigated by regulation such as through generalised provisions in Farming Rules for Water and the Water Resources Act, guidance like the Code of Practice of the use of Plant Protection Products, and standards in the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 06/02/2024 17:21:47 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684862

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for meetings between the European Commission and the supervisory bodies of the United Kingdom as required by Article 395 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and how these bodies will be defined.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>Article 395 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) states that the European Commission and supervisory bodies of the UK shall meet regularly. The date of the first meeting is to be agreed with the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The Article concerns cooperation on the effective monitoring and enforcement of environment and climate laws, and therefore meetings may include a range of public bodies in the UK that have this remit including the UK Government, the Devolved Governments and the Office for Environmental Protection and its equivalents across the UK. The UK is committed to effective implementation of the TCA and to implementing our world-leading environmental protection laws.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/02/2024 17:10:42 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684880

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sharks: Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of each shark species have been landed in (a) UK ports and (b) abroad by UK vessels in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Our sea fisheries annual statistics includes live weights of annual landings of shark species into UK ports, and by UK vessels into non-UK ports. This data is published at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C8478c4304c3d46586e0c08dc1e5a1276%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638418619403377932%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8HrvxwZ1TxCSkcKzOlY6zpol78ceMLtySNI9XxipyNo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Landings from the last five years for which data is available are provided in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/01/2024 12:08:49 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer attachment 1 file name PQ 11312 Attachment.xls title Vessel landings in live weight by species 2018-22
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1684883

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sharks: Fishing Catches and Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total allowable catch level in English ports was for each shark species in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Two shark species are relevant here. The UK agrees an annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for British fishing boats for Spurdog, having reopened the fishery in 2023 following ICES advice. In 2023, the UK and EU agreed a total TAC of 15,453 t, with a UK quota of 2,781 t in the North Sea TAC management area and 4,825 t in the Western TAC management area. For 2024, the UK and EU agreed a total TAC of 15,900 t, with a UK quota of 2,862 t in the North Sea TAC management area and 5,809 t in the Western TAC management area.</p><p> </p><p>The Total Allowable Catch level for Blue Shark is set by The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), and that TAC is allocated as quotas to the parties. 2021 was the first year that the UK had access to a quota for this species, which we use exclusively for bycatch. The UK’s quota was 9 tonnes in 2021, 32 tonnes in 2022 and 2023, and is 25 tonnes for 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/01/2024 12:04:15 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1684889

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Import Controls: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of consignments which will be subjected to the Border Target Operation Model sanitary and phyto-sanitary controls in each of the next three years, broken down by each risk category.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	11320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>Please see summary tables below for figures by risk category; these tables show the volume of goods that would be assigned to each category based on April 2021 to March 2022 customs declaration data.</p><p> </p><p>To note, whilst the consignments below are in scope for the new TOM risk-based approach, some of the consignments are <em>already</em> in scope for SPS controls and so do not represent the net effect of the TOM bringing consignments into scope for controls. Already in scope items include imports from non-EU countries, live animal imports from the EU, and some plant products.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>POAO consignments by risk level</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Low risk</p></td><td><p>Medium risk</p></td><td><p>High risk</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>1.4m to 2.4m</p></td><td><p>400k to 1.7m</p></td><td><p>Under 10k</p></td><td><p><strong>2.8m to 3.0m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p><strong>90k to 100k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Defra analysis of April 2021 to March 2022 HMRC customs declaration data.</em></p><p><em>Figures may not sum due to rounding. *</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>P&amp;PP consignments by risk level</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Article 72 low risk</p></td><td><p>Article 73</p></td><td><p>Article 72 high risk</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td><td><p>780k</p></td><td><p>190k</p></td><td><p><strong>2.4m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>160k</p></td><td><p>Under 10k</p></td><td><p>Under 10k</p></td><td><p><strong>160k</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Defra analysis of April 2021 to March 2022 HMRC customs declaration data.</em></p><p><em>Figures may not sum due to rounding. *</em></p><p> </p><p>*All figures are rounded to the nearest 10,000.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 17:57:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy